Thirty-Minute Theatre
1965-1973, drama
30 minutes
Thirty-Minute Theatre is an anthology drama series of short plays shown on BBC Television between 1965 and 1973, which was used in part at least as a training ground for new writers, on account of its short running length, and which therefore attracted...
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Parson's Pleasure
1965-10-07
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Give the Clown His Supper
1965-10-14
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Portrait of a Madonna
1965-10-21
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Pay as You Go
1965-10-28
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Monica
1965-11-04
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Love in Triplicate
1965-11-11
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Application Form
1965-11-18
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The Late Arrival of the Incoming Aircraft
1965-11-25
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Mrs. Bixby and the Colonel's Coat
1965-12-02
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Mr. Ponge
1965-12-09
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That's Not My Name
1965-12-16
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Family Christmas
1965-12-23
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The Passenger
1965-12-30
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The Flipside
1966-01-03
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The Enchanted Night
1966-01-10
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Four-Way Incident
1966-01-17
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Brothers
1966-01-24
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Janni! Oh Janni!
1966-01-31
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The Sugar Cubes
1966-02-07
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Case Suspended
1966-02-14
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Ships of the Line
1966-02-21
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Keep on Running
1966-02-28
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Not for Just an Hour
1966-03-07
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'Twas on a Sunday
1966-03-14
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Magnolia Summer
1966-03-28
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A Girl's Best Friend
1966-04-04
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Emergency Ward 9
1966-04-11
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A Letter from the Country
1966-04-18
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The Caramel Crisis
1966-04-25
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Don't Go Down to the Bingo Mother, Father's Coming to Tea
1966-05-02
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The House Mouse
1966-05-09
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The Hard Word
1966-05-16
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Ella
1966-05-23
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The Window
1966-05-30
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Friday Night's the Best Night
1966-06-06
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A Good Reason for Getting Married
1966-06-13
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The Queen Street Girls
1966-06-20
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They Put You Where You Are
1966-06-27
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The Sounds of War
1966-10-24
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Play to Win
1966-11-07
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Confession
1966-11-21
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Wife in a Blonde Wig
1966-11-21
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O-Goshi
1966-11-28
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First Catch Your Hare...
1966-12-05
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Brainscrew
1966-12-12
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The Towers of Manhattan
1966-12-19
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Taste
1967-01-04
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The Suede Jacket
1967-01-18
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Oldenberg
1967-01-26
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Teeth
1967-02-08
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Turn Off If You Know the Ending
1967-02-15
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An Absolute Treasure
1967-02-22
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Go Tell It on Table Mountain
1967-03-01
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Two and Two Make Twenty Two
1967-03-22
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Wanted
1967-03-29
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The Gun
1967-04-12
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Boa Constrictor
1967-04-26
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The Isle Is Full of Noises
1967-05-03
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The Sufferings of Peter Obiznov
1967-05-17
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Haven't You People Got Homes?
1967-05-24
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That Woman
1967-05-31
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The Other Side
1967-06-07
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The Wake
1967-06-14
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Child Marlene
1967-06-21
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The Timekeepers
1967-10-09
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You Meet All Sorts
1967-10-16
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The Tape Recorder
1967-10-23
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Have It on the House
1967-11-06
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Notice! Meeting in Progress
1967-11-27
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A Time of Wolves and Tigers
1967-12-06
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The Keys on the Streets
1967-12-13
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The Metal Martyr
1967-12-27
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A Private Place
1968-01-03
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The News Benders
1968-01-10
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Diary of an Encounter
1968-01-17
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Child's Play
1968-02-07
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The Unquiet Man
1968-02-21
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The Interview
1968-02-28
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A Personal Affair
1968-03-13
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Father's Day
1968-03-27
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Pleasent Dreams, Fernando
1968-04-03
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The Sinner
1968-04-10
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It's on You John
1968-04-24
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Standing by for Santa Claus
1968-05-01
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Thank God for U.D.I.!
1968-05-15
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Still Death
1968-05-22
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Number 30, Approximately
1968-06-19
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A Question of Honour
1968-06-26
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Baby
1968-09-09
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A Matter of Principle
1968-09-16
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The Flag
1968-09-23
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The Chequers Manoeuvre
1968-09-30
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Something to Hide: The First Floor
1968-10-07
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Something to Hide: The Caretaker's Flat
1968-10-21
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Of Public Concern
1968-11-04
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Cause of Death
1968-11-11
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The Last Victim
1968-11-18
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The Bishop and the Actress
1968-11-25
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Cross Examine
1968-12-16
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Game, Set and Match
1968-12-30
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Where Have They Gone, All the Little Children
1969-01-06
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Absolute Aggers and Torters
1969-01-13
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These Men Are Dangerous: Mussolini
1969-01-20
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These Men Are Dangerous: Hitler
1969-01-27
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These Men Are Dangerous: Stalin
1969-02-03
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First Confession
1969-02-20
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The Boat to Addis Ababa
1969-02-27
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A Hot Day
1969-03-06
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Roses, Roses, All the Way
1969-03-13
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The Victims: A Degree of Stress
1969-03-20
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The Victims: Frontier
1969-03-27
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The Victims: Progressive Blues
1969-04-03
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Invasion
1969-04-10
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A Nice Cool Pad in the Sky
1969-04-24
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Bermondsey
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Conversation at Night
1969-05-08
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Roly Poly
1969-05-15
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...And Was Invited to Form a Government
1969-05-22
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Gangster
1969-09-28
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Trial
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A Formula for Treason
1969-10-12
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Aggers and Torters: Psy-Fi
1969-11-16
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Aggers and Torters: Hickory Dickory
1969-11-23
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The Switch
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The Discharge of Trooper Lusby
1969-12-28
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Laffin' Gas
1970-01-10
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The Chief Whip Sends His Compliments
1970-01-17
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Reparation
1970-01-24
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The Scarecrows
1970-01-31
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Laying It Off for Spangle
1970-02-07
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Home Is Where You Hang Your Hat
1970-02-14
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What a Pity You Can't Stay Longer
1970-02-21
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All My Own Army
1970-03-28
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Whispers
1970-04-04
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Revolutions: Cromwell
1970-04-11
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Revolutions: Lenin
1970-04-18
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Is That Your Body Boy?
1970-05-09
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Lilly: Part 1
1970-06-06
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Lilly: Part 2
1970-06-13
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Ben
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An Uncertain Sound
1970-06-27
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Hope
1970-07-04
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Good Times
1970-07-25
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Tropical Wednesdays
1970-08-01
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The Year of the Crow
1970-10-02
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Tribunal
1970-10-16
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Helen
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The Editor Regrets
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Waugh on Crime: In Which Inspector Waugh Meets a Man Going to St. Ives
1970-12-11
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Waugh on Crime: In Which Inspector Waugh Encounters the English Class System
1970-12-18
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Waugh on Crime: In Which Inspector Waugh Plays Cops and Robbers
1971-01-01
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Waugh on Crime: In Which Inspector Waugh Knows the Criminal But Not the Crime
1971-01-08
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But Now They Are Fled
1971-01-11
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Faith
1971-01-18
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Terrible Jim Fitch
1971-01-25
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The Bequest
1971-02-01
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Me MacKenna
1971-02-08
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The Proposal
1971-02-15
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Asquith in Orbit
1971-02-22
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Happy Days Are Here Again
1971-03-01
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The Railwayman's New Clothes
1971-03-08
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No Charge for the Extra Service
1971-03-15
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The Waiting Room
1971-03-29
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Death's Head
1971-05-24
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Jilly
1971-05-31
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Something for the Children
1971-06-07
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The Room They Left
1971-06-14
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Seven Days in the Life of Andrew Pelham: Crisis
1971-07-05
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Seven Days in the Life of Andrew Pelham: Suspect
1971-07-12
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Seven Days in the Life of Andrew Pelham: Inquiry
1971-07-19
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Seven Days in the Life of Andrew Pelham: Retreat
1971-07-26
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Seven Days in the Life of Andrew Pelham: Breakthrough
1971-08-09
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Seven Days in the Life of Andrew Pelham: Decision
1971-08-16
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Walt, King of the Dumper
1971-09-20
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Soldier Ants
1971-09-27
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Gun Play
1971-10-04
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Combing Down His Yellow Hair
1971-10-11
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The Moonlighters
1971-10-18
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Getting In
1971-10-25
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Psychological Warefare
1971-11-01
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A Settled Sort of Life
1971-11-08
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Blues in the Morning
1971-11-22
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Jenkins
1971-11-29
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Farewell Performance
1971-12-06
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A Wen
1971-12-27
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Not Counting the Savages
1972-01-03
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Uncle Rollo
1972-01-10
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They Don't All Open Men's Boutiques
1972-01-17
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The Penthouse Appartment
1972-01-24
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An Affair of Honour
1972-01-30
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An Arrow for Little Audrey
1972-02-21
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That Quiet Earth
1972-02-28
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Said the Preacher
1972-03-06
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Under the Age
1972-03-20
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Mill Hill
1972-05-22
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King's Cross Lunch Time
1972-05-29
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Hands
1972-08-14
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Lushly
1972-08-21
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Too Far
1972-08-28
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Thrills Galore
1972-09-04
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The Arguement
1972-09-11
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The Seventh Juror
1972-09-18
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I Spy a Stranger
1972-09-25
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The Judge's Wife
1972-10-02
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Krapp's Last Tape
1972-11-29
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The Chauffer and the Lady
1972-12-06
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You've Been a Long Time Alfred
1972-12-13
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The Japanese Student
1973-01-03
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Playthings
1973-01-17
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Is Nellie Dead?
1973-01-24
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A Chance Encounter
1973-01-31
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Atrocity
1973-03-15
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The Baby's Name Being Kitchener
1973-04-26
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Kamikaze in a Coffee Bath
1973-05-03
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